The Toilette
Oil Painting
ca. 1849 (painted)
ca. 1849 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
This picture was also called The Necklace. The sitter was reputedly a beauty of mixed Irish and Spanish descent, famous for her 'raven black hair and arched eyebrows'. She also sat for Leslie's picture of Griselda (see FA.128[O]).
Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable.
Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Toilette (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'The Toilette' by Charles Robert Leslie. Great Britain, ca. 1849. |
| Physical description | Oil on panel depicting a woman with long black hair and a loose fitting white dress, seated behind a dressing table, admiring a necklace |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This picture was also called The Necklace. The sitter was reputedly a beauty of mixed Irish and Spanish descent, famous for her 'raven black hair and arched eyebrows'. She also sat for Leslie's picture of Griselda (see FA.128[O]). Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 172 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.125[O] |
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| Record created | May 19, 2003 |
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